MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with
massive open online courses
(MOOC) and
open
education resources (OER).
As
blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Recent
trends in
blended learning technology
are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in
courses via the Internet.
How can
stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
How can
stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
elearning
organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because
e-learning technology is
improving
so fast.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
How can
we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
What
different business models are being used by
institutions like
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these
massively open online courses?
Managers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open
educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open
education
topics.
This amazing new book also
examines the
major
instructional ideas
associated with
these massively open online courses and
open education resources.
For more details please visit this Education MOOCs site.
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